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the tenure of a vassal was permanent and heritable by his children. The property could not be taken away from them legally except for high crimes, such as treason. |
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VILLEIN one step above the serf; equivalent to the sharecropper of the early twentieth century |
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The villein was a free man (not bound to the land like the serf), but he did not usually own his land. |
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WIMPLE a veil of linen or silk worn by women and so folded as to envelop the head, hair, chin, sides of the face and neck |
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